Southwest Tanna language

Southwest Tanna
Nawal
Native toVanuatu
RegionTanna Island
Native speakers
4,500 (2011)
Language codes
ISO 639-3nwi
Glottologsout2869
Southwest Tanna is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

Southwest Tanna is a dialect chain spoken on the southwestern coast of Tanna Island in Vanuatu. Lynch (1982) names three major dialects: Nivhaal in the north-west of the language area (spelt "Nauvhal" in publicity for the 2015 film Tanna), Nivai in the south-west, and Nelpwaai in the north-east.



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